Job stress, burnout, depression symptoms, and physical health among Chinese university teachers

Psychol Rep. 2009 Dec;105(3 Pt 2):1248-54. doi: 10.2466/PR0.105.F.1248-1254.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationships among job stress, burnout, depression, and health among university teachers in China. Using a stratified random sampling method, a sample of 300 university teachers completed the Occupational Stress Indicator-2 (OSI-2), Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Path analysis showed that burnout was a mediator among job stress, the occurrence and exacerbation of depressive symptoms, and poor physical health.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Burnout, Professional / diagnosis*
  • Burnout, Professional / psychology
  • China
  • Comorbidity
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Depressive Disorder / diagnosis*
  • Depressive Disorder / psychology
  • Faculty*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Psychological
  • Risk Factors
  • Somatoform Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Somatoform Disorders / psychology
  • Stress, Psychological / complications*
  • Young Adult